Offshore inspection and repair specialist Boskalis Subsea Services has amassed contracts worth more than £100 million in six months and created 30 jobs.

The Aberdeen-headquartered company's new projects include one for Total in the Danish Tyra field, inspection, repair and maintenance for Repsol Sinopec, decommissioning for Spirit Energy and a scale squeeze scope for Premier Oil’s Huntington field.

The company's workforce in Aberdeen is now up to more than 80. It has booked 750 vessel days this year with dive support vessels the BOKA Atlantis, BOKA DaVinci and BOKA Constructor. Another 1,000 days are booked for 2020 and beyond, with more than 600 coming from an inspection and repair project in the Middle East.

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It recently took up a 10-year lease at a new office in Westhill, Aberdeenshire, which has been increased to 8,565 sq ft over two floors.

Boskalis in Aberdeen serves the UK, Norwegian and Canadian markets, with contracts in the rest of the world managed from Papendrecht in the Netherlands.

Stuart Cameron, managing director of Boskalis Subsea Services, said: “As predicted in a recovering market, the major players are going after the larger contracts and there is a natural space for a more agile, responsive service that is committed to the highest standards in health, safety, quality and environmental performance along with first class project execution.

“With our 30 years' diving legacy, can-do culture and experienced personnel, we are able to work flexibly to provide solutions for our customers and challenge the norm for subsea EPIC and IRM delivery. We are continually developing fit-for-purpose, cost-effective and safe ways of tackling underwater construction, inspection and repair.”

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Boskalis has also secured Master Service Agreements with most of the operators in the North Sea and is on its way to becoming an established and recognised subsea engineering and construction partner in the UK, Norway and Canada.

Cameron added: “Last year, Boskalis decided to give the UK more focus which has driven the growth in Aberdeen, where we are able to offer our customers diving services, SURF delivery and, of course, specialist IRM solutions."